KATIE JOHNSTON
Actress, Comedian
ABOUT KATIE JOHNSTON
Katie is an actress and comedian who has performed professionally in film, television and regional theatre throughout Florida and in Los Angeles. She has starred in productions at the Geffen Playhouse, The Odyssey Theatre and The Norris Theatre, to name a few. Her extensive experience in improv comedy includes training at the Groundlings School.
Katie was voted "Best Comedian" by Best of Jax 2019. She was also selected to compete for the title of "Florida's Funniest Female 2019" as part of The Flamingo Comedy Festival. Katie was a featured stand-up comedian at the Portland Maine Comedy Festival and the New South Comedy Festival in 2018. She also had the extreme pleasure of opening for the Lady Parts Justice League show starring Liz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show) with Joyelle Johnson (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Crashing, Broad City) and Jaye McBride (New York Comedy Festival.)
This native New Yorker now calls Jacksonville, Florida home. She performs stand-up regularly at Laugh Lounge Jax, Jacksonville's premiere comedy club. You can also catch her lending her talents to any number of Jacksonville's local theatre companies. Recent credits include; Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (which earned a nomination for "Best Actress in a Play" by Broadway World Regional Awards 2019,) Alicia in Small Mouth Sounds (which earned her a second nomination for "Best Actress in a Play" by Broadway World Regional Awards 2019) and the title role in Sylvia (for which she won a Pelican Award for "Best Actress in a Lead Role.")
